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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of NGETTEXT</TITLE>
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<H1>NGETTEXT</H1>
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Section: C Library Functions (3)<BR>Updated: May 2001<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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ngettext, dngettext, dcngettext - translate message and choose plural form
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<PRE>
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<B>#include <<A HREF="file:///usr/include/libintl.h">libintl.h</A>></B>
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<B>char * ngettext (const char * </B><I>msgid</I><B>, const char * </B><I>msgid_plural</I><B>,</B>
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<B> unsigned long int </B><I>n</I><B>);</B>
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<B>char * dngettext (const char * </B><I>domainname</I><B>,</B>
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<B> const char * </B><I>msgid</I><B>, const char * </B><I>msgid_plural</I><B>,</B>
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<B> unsigned long int </B><I>n</I><B>);</B>
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<B>char * dcngettext (const char * </B><I>domainname</I><B>,</B>
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<B> const char * </B><I>msgid</I><B>, const char * </B><I>msgid_plural</I><B>,</B>
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<B> unsigned long int </B><I>n</I><B>, int </B><I>category</I><B>);</B>
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</PRE>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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The <B>ngettext</B>, <B>dngettext</B> and <B>dcngettext</B> functions attempt to
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translate a text string into the user's native language, by looking up the
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appropriate plural form of the translation in a message catalog.
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<P>
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Plural forms are grammatical variants depending on the a number. Some languages
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have two forms, called singular and plural. Other languages have three forms,
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called singular, dual and plural. There are also languages with four forms.
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<P>
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The <B>ngettext</B>, <B>dngettext</B> and <B>dcngettext</B> functions work like
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the <B>gettext</B>, <B>dgettext</B> and <B>dcgettext</B> functions, respectively.
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Additionally, they choose the appropriate plural form, which depends on the
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number <I>n</I> and the language of the message catalog where the translation
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was found.
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<P>
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In the "C" locale, or if none of the used catalogs contain a translation for
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<I>msgid</I>, the <B>ngettext</B>, <B>dngettext</B> and <B>dcngettext</B> functions
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return <I>msgid</I> if <I>n</I> == 1, or <I>msgid_plural</I> if <I>n</I> != 1.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
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If a translation was found in one of the specified catalogs, the appropriate
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plural form is converted to the locale's codeset and returned. The resulting
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string is statically allocated and must not be modified or freed. Otherwise
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<I>msgid</I> or <I>msgid_plural</I> is returned, as described above.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
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<B>errno</B> is not modified.
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
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The return type ought to be <B>const char *</B>, but is <B>char *</B> to avoid
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warnings in C code predating ANSI C.
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+gettext">gettext</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dgettext">dgettext</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dcgettext">dcgettext</A></B>(3)
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
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<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">BUGS</A><DD>
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<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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</DL>
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<HR>
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